Red Quinoa with Pistachios

Ingredients

• •1 tablespoon olive oil
• •1 whole shallot
• •1 to taste salt and pepper
• •1 cup red quinoa
• •1½ cups chicken broth
• •¼ cup raw pistachios
• •3 tablespoons flat-leaf parsley
• •1 tablespoon fresh mint

Cooking Instructions

1. 1.

   Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add shallot, season with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 5 minutes. Add quinoa and cook, stirring frequently, until quinoa starts to toast and smell nutty, about 5 minutes. Add chicken broth and bring to a boil.

   10 min

2. 2.

   Stir in quinoa, reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer gently until quinoa is tender, 25-30 minutes (15 if using white quinoa). Remove pan from heat, fluff quinoa with a fork. Cover; let stand for 5 minutes.

   35 min

3. 3.

   Fold pistachios, parsley, and mint into quinoa. Season with salt and pepper.

   5 min